We Support Your Path to Impact
Our Services
We support organizations at key moments of growth, transition, and change.
Our work helps you set direction, align leadership, and strengthen the systems needed to achieve your goals.
Each engagement is designed to lead to clear decisions and actionable next steps.
Strategy & Planning
Clarify where you are going and how you will get there.
We design and guide strategic planning processes that help organizations define direction, set priorities, and make clear, informed decisions.
Offerings include:
Strategic planning and strategy refresh
Scenario planning and future direction setting
Community insights through interviews, listening sessions, and focus groups to inform your strategy
Strategic consultation
Implementation priorities and roadmaps
Best for:
Organizations navigating growth or transition that require strategic alignment and a clear roadmap.
Governance & Leadership
Strengthen how leadership works, makes decisions, and supports your organization’s direction.
We support boards, steering committees, and leadership teams to clarify roles, strengthen decision-making, and align leadership functions to accelerate—rather than hinder—strategy execution.
Offerings include:
Governance structure and bylaws refinement
Roles, responsibilities, and decision-making clarity
Board–executive alignment
Leadership team design and alignment
Executive advising during transition or growth
Best for:
Organizations navigating leadership transitions or governance shifts that need to resolve decision-making bottlenecks and role ambiguity.
Facilitation & Alignment
Move from conversation to clarity, alignment, and action.
We design and facilitate high-impact sessions that help groups surface perspectives, make decisions, and move work forward together.
Offerings include:
Retreats and strategy sessions
Team and cross-functional alignment workshops
Coalition and partner facilitation
Leadership coaching and advisory support
Capacity-building cohorts and learning communities
Best for:
Collaborative leaders seeking high-impact spaces to align their vision and drive collective action.
Organizational Strengthening
Build the internal systems needed to carry your work forward.
We help organizations strengthen the structures, systems, and practices needed to effectively implement their strategy and sustain impact over time.
Offerings include:
Organizational assessment, design, and team structure
Role clarity, supervision, and accountability systems
Workflow and operational alignment
Capacity-building plans and implementation priorities
Funder-supported capacity strengthening initiatives
Best for:
Stretched teams building the internal systems needed for sustainability and funders looking for nonprofit cohort design support to invest in grantees’ organizational capacity.
All Destino services — strategy, governance, facilitation, organizational strengthening, coaching, and ongoing advisory — are available in English and/or Spanish. Every engagement is designed to be culturally responsive and grounded in the realities of the communities you serve.
“María was an excellent fit for Grow Local South Texas, demonstrating deep expertise, professionalism, and a clear understanding of our unique mission and community impact. María was a true partner throughout the project. Her biggest strength was the ability to quickly identify and provide the precise resources and tools that were a strategic fit for our organization. This work has had an immediate, positive impact, improving our operational efficiency and strengthening our capacity to deliver programs.”
Tevin Gray, Executive Director and Hanna Kiely, Operations Manager
Grow Local South Texas

